The Podcast Award winners were have been announced and, alas, we didn’t win. Congratulations to Mouse Tunes, which won in the Travel category, as well as all of the other winners. More importantly, thanks to everyone who voted for Five Hundy by Midnight. Your support means a lot to us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks to you, our dedicated listeners who nominated us, Five Hundy by Midnight is a finalist for the Podcast Awards in the Travel category. We were surprised, excited and extremely honored by the news. Thank you all! Congratulations to fellow podcasters (and Five Hundy listeners) at My Marilyn and The Big Show, which are nominated in other categories.

Final voting begins on July 28 and ends on Aug. 11. Please throw us a vote each day during the voting period. It would be really fun to win. We appreciate all of your support.

Five Hundy by Midnight has signed up to participate in the Podcast Poker Challenge, a free Texas Hold Em tournament at 7 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, April 22. Podcasters and their listeners (this means you!) are invited to play. So sign up, join the Five Hundy by Midnight team, and help me prove that Five Hundy’s listeners are better than Coverville’s listeners.

The tournament is free, and you have the opportunity to win cash—including a $50 bounty for each podcaster. Signing up is easy. Just complete these steps:

• Register for a free account at PokerRoom.com.
• Sign up for the tournament at PodcastPokerChallenge.com.

PokerRoom works on both Mac and PC platforms, so you have no excuses! See you at the table on April 22.

Much to our surprise, Five Hundy by Midnight was mentioned in a travel column in Sunday’s Boston Globe. Welcome to our new listeners. We’ll be recording a new show as soon as we both recover from the nasty cold/flu thing that has taken up residence here.

We’re back home after several fun days in the greatest city on Earth. Sorry we didn’t get around to recording a full show over the weekend. You know the story—too hard to take a break from all the Vegasness to podcast. However, we recorded a bunch of great stuff and had several new experiences, so there’s lots to talk about. We’ll have an action-packed show this weekend (including exclusive, scandalous details about a certain poker legend’s bathroom habits). Stay subscribed.

I’ve been under the weather for most of the past week and won’t be recording a podcast this weekend. Hang tough—more Vegasy fun will come your way next weekend.